‘Lost’: I pressed 7 twice and my computer froze

Mikhail was a member of the Dharma Initiative. He was captured by The Others and sent back to his post where he is to keep guard from intruders, because Otherville is just over the hill. The reason we know the first part of Mikhail’s story is correct is because the Dharma Initiative Asian dude said to press the numbers 77 on the keyboard if the “Hostiles” were near, which sets off the C4.

So The Others and the Dharma Initiative are two different entities? The Others were on the island first, and then the Dharma Initiative came later? We assume Juliet was captured by The Others, because she said Ben would “Let her go home,” if she helped Kate and Sawyer escape. Was she first put on the island as a member of the Dharma Initiative. How do The Others have contact with the outside world?

We know The Others have a nice little community, with book clubs and cable TV. Now we learn they have a submarine. That’s where they were keeping Jack in this season’s first episode.

I just realized, we’re not going to see Jack for a while. Which is absolutely brilliant. The moment Kate and the gang see him again, so will we and we will understand the look on Kate’s face.

The camerawork of “Enter 77″ was good stuff. When Sayid comes upon the cabin with the satellite dish, we see it through his eyes with leaves in his face. We see pieces. We see the horse, the gate with the latch, the dish and the man with the eye patch, so our brains are scrambling to put the pieces together and assess the situation. I didn’t know the saddle was put on the horse for a smaller person, but that’s why Sayid rocks.

Again, the writers speak to us through a main character. They did it a few episodes back when Jack told Juliet, something to the effect, like “After everything I’ve been through I deserve answers.” Tonight, we heard Sawyer say to the Annoying Couple From Hell, “A, it was mine to begin with. And B, who the hell are you?” Yay! As the kids say. That’s the writers telling us, “Yes, we know.”

All of that, followed by, “Looks like Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon have something up their sleeve.” Bravo!

Some parting thoughts:

• Was that the same cat? It certainly wasn’t for sure NOT the same cat. Same color. What does it all mean?

• What good theater between Jack, Kate, Sayid and Mikhail. That whole little intro into the fight. Mihkail, “Why play this little game any longer? We both know we are on to the next stage.”

• I could write a whole entry about what Sayid went through in Paris. His victim confronting him. How we hated the owner of the restaurant at first, but then realized Sayid was the bad guy. And that whole life lesson about how not to turn into your enemies.